Elizabeth Bennet has a wicked stepmother, rags for gowns, and...a handsome princeOh wait. It&8217sjust the insufferable Mr. Darcy.Everyone knows of the beautiful Bennet sisters: seven daughters at Longbourn, all looking for husbands.What the good people of Meryton don&8217tknow is that the new Mrs. Bennet is not the loving mother she pretends to be.When Mr. Darcy arrives in Hertfordshire, he finds it hard to ignore Elizabeth Bennet&8212thogh he certainly tries.But why is the daughter of a gentleman dressed in worn gownsWhy is she forbidden from attending masquerade ballsAnd why does he&8230car so very muchDarcy knows that Elizabeth is not a suitable wife&8212notfor a Darcy.And if he follows her across snowy fields and demands to know who hurt her&8230Heknows he can never have her. Not the way his heart desires.After all, this isn&8217ta fairy tale. Is itDearest readers, this 110,000-word novel isn&8217texactly a Cinderellameets-Pride and Prejudice variation, but it&8217scertainly inspired by the famous fairy tale and features a wicked stepmother, a lost slipper, and a slowburn, sweet and clean, angsty and tender JAFF romance. Oh, and Mr. Wickham&8217sbeing bad again. Mr. Collins still loves potatoes. And Miss Mary might get her own happily-ever-after&8230There are no fairy godmothers, but Lizzy and Darcy discover that love and hope create a magic all their own.